Peanut Butter Chocolate Heart Cookies

For someone who enjoys peanut butter and chocolate together, this cookie is the ultimate in taste! A sweet and crunchy cookie offers the best of both worlds.

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Heart Cookies are made using two different types of dough and are so much to bake and share. My son’s preschool teacher just begs me make them for the Holiday parties every year!

If you are really a chocolate or peanut butter fan you can add a lite cream flavored frosting to really make the taste pop.  We hope you love this Valentine Cookie Recipe as much as we do~.

Chocolate Cookie Dough:

* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 2 oz chocolate, melted and cooled
* 2 1/4 cups plain flour
* 2 tbsp cocoa powder
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1/4 tsp salt

Peanut butter Cookie dough:

* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup smooth peanut butter
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 egg
* 3 tbsp milk
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 2 cups plain flour
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1/4 tsp salt

Mix chocolate dough: 1. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla extract and melted chocolate. 2. In another bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. 3. Add flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and beat until combined. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Mix peanut butter dough: 1. Cream butter, peanut butter and sugar. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla extract. 2. In another bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. 3. Add flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture and beat until combined. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Assembling: 1. Roll out doughs to about 1/2 inch thick and use a large cookie cutter to cut the large shapes. 2. Use a smaller cookie cutter to remove the centers and switch them, creating a two-toned effect. 3. Bake at 350F for 12-13mins, until the edges of the peanut butter cookies are golden brown.

Valentine Jelly Filled Heart Sandwich Cookies

Truly one of the most romantic looking cookies are the heart filled sandwich cookies and If you’re looking for an extra-special way to say “I love you” this Valentine’s Day, these Valentine Jelly Filled Heart Sandwich Cookies will most definitely show your partner just how much you care. These pretty sugar-cookie hearts sandwiched can be customized with a number of different fillings, however we prefer the raspberry jelly… nums! The ideal dessert for a romantic occasion is the perfect way to say I love you. You can also use the most awesome sugar cookie recipe as well to make the cookie pieces.

Valentine Jelly Filled Heart Sandwich Cookies Ingredients

Cookie Dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for work surface
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup confectioners (powdered) sugar, plus additional for dusting
1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon pure almond extract

Filling:
½ cup seedless raspberry jam

Valentine Jelly Filled Heart Sandwich Cookies Directions:

Cookie Dough:
1. In a medium bowl, sift flour and salt together. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine butter and confectioner sugar; beat together until mixture is smooth. Add vanilla extract and almond extract; stir until blended. Add flour mixture; stir to mix.
3. Press dough into a ball, cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 2 hours.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Baking sheets may be ungreased, or lined with parchment paper.
5. On a lightly floured surface, and using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut dough into hearts or other desired shapes using a 2½ inch cookie cutter that has been dipped in flour (to help prevent dough from sticking to the cutter.)
6. Using a 1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter that has been dipped in flour, cut out the center of half of the 2½ inch cookies. Re-roll the scraps, or bake the 1 inch heart shapes separately.
7. Place cutout dough 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set and the edges are very lightly browned. Remove cookies from baking sheets and cool on wire racks.

Filling and Assembly:
8. Leaving a ¼ inch border uncovered, spread about 1 teaspoon of the raspberry jam over each cookie without the middle cutout.
9. Using a fine-mesh sieve, dust the tops of the cookies that have the middle cutout with confectioners sugar. Place the cutout cookies on top of the jam-covered cookies.

*Makes about Valentine Jelly Filled Heart Sandwich Cookies